Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

Maybe Hunter S. Thompson isn't REALLY dead - he's just doing a Elvis? From the Associated Press: Man plays doctor with dead deer in stolen ambulance Leon Holliman Jr., 37, of Jacksonville, Florida was reported missing from the River Region Human Services facility last month. On Sunday, he was found in North Carolina dressed like a doctor and driving a stolen ambulance with a dead deer in the back. The police had to shoot out the ambulance's tires to catch him. He's now undergoing psychiatric evaluation. From the Associated Press: It wasn't known where Holliman got the deer, which had been dead for some time, Pearson said. Leon Holliman Jr., 37, of Jacksonville, Florida was reported missing from the River Region Human Services facility last month. On Sunday, he was found in North Carolina dressed like a doctor and driving a stolen ambulance with a dead deer in the back. The police had to shoot out the ambulance's tires to catch him. He's now undergoing psychi...

I've been seeing the ads for TELUS's and Bell Mobile TV on cellphones - and I really wonder why anyone would spend an extra $15.00 a month for basically a slide show with audio on a tiny screen. I'm not the only one to wonder about this either: But Does Anyone Want Mobile TV? By Mike Masnick, Fri Aug 20 02:00:00 EEST 2004 A big project is underway in the UK to bring TV to mobile phones. The only problem: they forgot to ask the users if anyone actually wants it. The BBC seems quite excited about a new effort in the UK to bring television to mobile phones by the year 2010. It's apparently a big project at Brunel University which is described as "ambitious." It certainly sounds ambitious. It's a one-to-many broadcasting system that will require placing special transmitters all around the country. There's just one problem. There still isn't much evidence that people actually want TV on their mobile phones. Those involved with this project, however,...